March 18, 2011 (Belgium)-Steve Schets (Bel) Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly was the winner of t he 199.5 Km Handzame Classic in Belgium on Friday winning the sprint finish over Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano in second followed by Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post-Sean Kell in third. The top Canadian was Hugo Houle (Team SpiderTech Powered By C10) in 32nd.

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RACE Info from Team Director, Steve Bauer:
The goals of the team were the same today as in Nokere Koerse two days prior: Be attentive during the first 50 km; don’t miss larger breakaway groups, make sure we did not get into trouble on the hilly (Gent Wevelgem) sections of the race and wait for the final sprint to place Lacombe into contention.

The race seemed predictable as it evolved. Four-rider breakaway after 50 km, Omega Pharma and Rabobank eventually putting riders on the front to chase, a regrouping in the final circuit of four laps and bunch sprint to the end.

The final hour of the race got nasty under deteriorating conditions (temperature dropping from 11 to 7 degress with heavy rain during the last hour). On the final lap of the circuit -when the final breakaway riders were absorbed- we aimed to group our team in front and lead out through the technical, wet turns.

Tuft, Gilbert, Batty and Houle made good efforts to position Keven for the sprint, but it went wrong for him in the final two kilometers and his punch for the sprint was not there today. Substantially tougher events next week with Dwaars door Vlaanderen (Waregem | March 23) and E3 Prijs (Harelbeke | March 26). We will have to ready for battle.

22 Teams:
5 Pro Tour: Quick Step (BEL); Omega Pharma-Lotto (BEL); Katusha (RUS); Rabobank (NED); Vacansoleil – DCM (NED)

17 Pro Continental: SpiderTech powered by C10 (CAN); An Post Sean Kelly (BEL); Colba – Mercury (BEL); Landbouwkrediet (BEL); Skil – Shimano (NED); Team NetApp (GER); Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator (BEL); Veranda`s Willems & Vlaanderen (BEL); CCC Polsat Polkowice (POL); Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly Cycling (BEL); Wallonie Bruxelles -Credit Agricole (BEL); Nutrixxion Sparkasse (GER); Team Eddy Merckx – Indeland (GER); Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis (USA); Cycling Team De Rijke (NED); Team Cykelcity (SWE); Team Worldofbike.gr (GRE).

SpiderTech riders:
Svein Tuft Worlds 2008 silver medalist, Time Trial; Martin Gilbert 2009 Tour of Missouri Stage Winner, Keven Lacombe 2010 GP des Marbriers Winner, Ryan Anderson 13th 2011 Trofeo Laigueglia, Ryan Roth 2nd 2010 Gatineau Chrono, Simon Lambert-Lemay 6th 2010 Univest GP, Mark Batty 2007 U23 Cyclo-cross National Champion, Hugo Houle 2010 National champion, U23, Time Trial

NEXT RACE: March 19-UCI 1.1 Classic Loire, FRANCE

Results

1. Steve Schets (Bel) Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly 4:48:12
2. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano
3. Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly
4. André Schulze (Ger) CCC Polsat Polkowice
5. Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet
6. Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
7. Frédérique Robert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
8. Remco Te Brake (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke
9. Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Katusha Team
10. Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
11. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Veranda’s Willems-Accent
12. Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
13. Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto
14. Steven Caethoven (Bel) Veranda’s Willems-Accent
15. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly
16. Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
17. Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
18. Robin Steenuit (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole
19. Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha Team
20. Johan Lindgren (Swe) Team Cykelcity
21. Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
22. Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
23. Michaël Baer (Swi) Team Netapp
24. Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
25. Steffen Radochla (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
26. Timothy Vangheel (Bel) Colba-Mercury
27. Sven Jodts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
28. Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
29. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp
30. Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
31. Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Netapp
32. Hugo Houle (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
33. Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
34. Philip Lavery (Irl) An Post-Sean Kelly
35. Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
36. Benjamin Sydlik (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
37. Timon Seubert (Ger) Team Netapp
38. Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Landbouwkrediet
39. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Cyclingteam De Rijke
40. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
41. Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) An Post-Sean Kelly 0:05
42. Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:08
43. Bram Schmitz (Ned) Veranda’s Willems-Accent 0:15
44. Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
45. Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0:18
46. Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
47. Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano
48. Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
49. Florian Monreal (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx-Indeland 0:26
50. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 0:31
51. Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 0:32
52. Michael Schweizer (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse 0:35
53. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
54. Svein Tuft (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
55. Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Veranda’s Willems-Accent
56. Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
57. Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:42
58. Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil-Shimano
59. Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Netapp 0:47
60. Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Skil-Shimano
61. Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
62. Mark Batty (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
63. Jack Vermeulen (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke
64. Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Team Cykelcity
65. Hans Dekkers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet
66. Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano
67. Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Sean Kelly 0:52
68. Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly
69. Kevin Grieten (Bel) Colba-Mercury 1:04
70. Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet
71. Michael Olsson (Swe) Team Cykelcity
72. Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
73. Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole
74. Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
75. Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Veranda’s Willems-Accent
76. Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
77. Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
78. Jonathan Dewitte (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole 1:33
79. Glenn Vandemaele (Bel) Team Worldofbike.gr
80. David Boucher (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
81. Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly
82. Patrick Bercz (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx-Indeland
83. David Kopp (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx-Indeland
84. Tomas Smolen (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
85. Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
86. Sebastian Balck (Swe) Team Cykelcity
87. Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team
88. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
89. Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp
90. Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
91. Benjamin King (USA) Team RadioShack
92. Andreas Keuser (Ger) Team Worldofbike.gr
93. Philip Lindau (Swe) Team Cykelcity
94. Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Cykelcity
95. Johan Landstrom (Swe) Team Cykelcity
96. Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda’s Willems-Accent
97. Joe Eldridge (USA) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
98. Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
99. Kevin Lacombe (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
100. Luc Hagenaars (Ned) Team Eddy Merckx-Indeland
101. Bas Stamsnijder (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke
102. Ryan Anderson (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
103. Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole
104. Martin Gilbert (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
105. Grischa Janorschke (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
106. Björn Schröder (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
107. Emmanuel Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Eddy Merckx-Indeland
108. Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
109. Sebastian Forke (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
110. Huub Duyn (Ned) Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly
111. Michaël Vanderaerden (Bel) Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly
112. Ryan Roth (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
113. James Spragg (GBr) Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly
114. Sebastian Körber (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
115. Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Team Netapp
116. Gert Dockx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
117. Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
118. Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
119. Kamil Zielinski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 2:58
120. Kess Heytens (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly 3:33
121. Phillip Schulz (Ger) Colba-Mercury 3:38
122. Philip Vandaele (Bel) Colba-Mercury 3:40